Cemetery plot location: A-02-25
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Classification: | POW |
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Identification number: | PWJA 145568 |
Surname: | TANBA |
Other names: | Senji |
Plate name: | TAMBA, SENJI * | AKA (Also Known As): | Senji TAMBA |
Name in kanji: | 丹波 千治 |
Grave location: | A-02-25 |
Date of birth: | 1921-02-23 |
Place of birth: | 47 Minaminomaki, Saimoku-mura, Kanna-gun, Kita, Gunma-ken, Japan |
Private address: | 47 Minaminomaki, Saimoku-mura, Kanna-gun, Kita, Gunma-ken, Japan |
Business address: | Not recorded |
Military rank: | L.C.L. Private |
Unit regimental number: | Army, 238 Infantry Regiment, 3 Battalion, 3 Machine Gun Company |
Date of capture: | 1943-09-14 |
Place of capture: | Salamaua, New Guinea |
Reason for internment: | Prisoner of war |
Camp interned: | Cowra |
Date interned: | 1943-12-07 |
Health condition on arrival: | Suffering from beriberi, malaria, head wound |
Trade or occupation: | Farmer |
Length of residence in Australia: | Not recorded |
Date of entry: | Not recorded |
Port of disembarkation: | Not recorded |
Ship: | Not recorded |
Personal effects: | Nil |
Religion: | Buddhist |
Nationality: | Japanese |
Marital status: | Single |
Next of kin: | Ume TAMBA and Chizuo TAMBA |
Address of next of kin: | 47 Minaminomaki, Saimoku-mura, Kanna-gun, Kita, Gunma-ken, Japan |
Relationship to next of kin: | Mother and brother |
Father’s name: | Kanenosu TAMBA |
Father’s occupation: | Not recorded |
Mother’s maiden name: | Ume HIROSAWA |
Identification: | Height 5'7", 132 lbs, sallow complexion, black hair, dark eyes, prominent scars above right eye |
Movement report: | TANBA received some treatment at the field hospital, and flown to Port Moresby to be admitted at the 2/9/Australian General Hospital. He was evacuated to Australia, and hospitalised for one week at the 3 Australian Camp Hospital in 27 December 1943. He was transferred to Cowra on 30 January 1944, and hospitalised at the camp hospital for one week. He died in the breakout. |
Cause of death: | Gun shot wound to chest |
Date of death: | 1944-08-05 |
Cremation or burial: | Burial |
Date of burial: | 1944-08-07 |
Place of first burial: | Cowra |
Extra information: | TAMBA’s rank was recorded as L.C.L. private. The meaning of the acronym L.C.L. is unclear. |
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